Dear Advocates, I hope this emails finds you well, I am writing with regards to the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, continued practices of treating transgender

For nearly 20 days I have been in solitary I am sanctioned to 120 days! Why do I feel numb…. I know I am hurting

What do you do when you are viewed as a piece of shit? My life does not matter in prison. When people hear me talk

How can I forget November 4th 2019? The day a inmate came to me inquiring about how he could be moved to another cell. I

As I continue to strive for excellence, I have to acknowledge that there is a system that wishes to oppress me for being Transgender, a

Demi writes about seeing us protest outside her window.

Dear George, I don’t know of any other way to get these thoughts out of my mind, I am hurting since your death. How can

I seek justice that heals not just me but also the victims that have been hurt by my actions. I refuse to be a person

Sometimes I look at the hell I have been through, and I think about the times when I was a runaway and living in the

I have been told that writing this essay would be a waste of my time. I do not believe this; as an advocate and just

I have posted about many things on my blog and written about many things on this site, but I have spoken little about the foster

I’m Sorry. I know its been a while since we last spoke. I miss you terribly. You raised a good man, Mom. You really did.

  AIn February 2016, just weeks after I turned 21 years old, I was placed in solitary confinement for writing grievances within the prison system

My name is Demetrius Minor. I’m twenty-two years old. I’m from Bridgeton, New Jersey, but I have lived all over New Jersey because I was

I have been told that the officers are trained to view each inmates as sub-humans worthy of only punishment, not rehabilitation. Inmate abuse is taught

One thing I have come to realize is that, regardless of how much change I make or what I do, I will always be judged